The value of angiocardiography in the investigation of congenital heart disease has been enhanced by the development of the technique of selective injection of the contrast medium through a cardiac catheter. Several Swedish workers have been responsible for many of the important advances in this method, especially the introduction of rapid film exposures in two planes and the delivery of the co...

BACKGROUND Patients' informed consent is legally essential before elective invasive cardiac angiography (CA) and successive intervention can be done. It is unknown to what extent patients can remember previous detailed information given by a specially trained doctor in an optimal scenario as compared to standard care. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS In this prospective cohort study 150 consecu...

___________ _ This paper describes a diagnosis of and surgical treatment of Cor Triatriatum Dextrum in a term baby who, six hours postpartum, was determined to be cyanotic. The diagnosis was reached using twodimensional echocardiography and angiocardiography. This case is the second diagnosis of cor triatriatum dextrum made during the first day of life, and the first successful surgery of this ...

A congenital intrapericardial aneurysmal dilatation of the left atrial wall was found in a 28 year old man who presented with atrial fibrillation after a syncopal event. The patient had cutaneous manifestations of neurofibromatosis. The diagnosis was made by cross sectional echocardiography and confirmed by angiocardiography. Surgical excision of the aneurysm resolved the symptoms.

A case of aortic atresia associated with right aortic arch is described. This is the second case in the literature. The diagnosis of aortic atresia was made prior to death by right heart catheterization with angiocardiography and this was confirmed at autopsy. The necessity of an early and accurate diagnosis of this disease is discussed for providing more opportunity of surgical treatment.

The variation in the pathological anatomy of atrioventricular defects influences presentation, prognosis, and the results of surgical treatment. In particular the structure and function of the mitral valve have an important bearing on the success of surgical correction of the deformed valve. The purpose of this paper is to indicate the value of left ventricular angiocardiography in assessing th...

Two-dimensional echocardiography of a patient revealed overriding of the large aortic trunk which bifurcated above the semilunar valve, suggesting persistent truncus arterious. This diagnosis was confirmed by cardiac catheterization and angiocardiography. Surgery and autopsy also confirmed the accuracy of the two dimensional echocardiographic findings. Two-dimensional echocardiography is thus v...